Democracy in America - Is That a Good Idea?

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I don't know who Joe Biden got there. I have been choosing between the lesser of two evils most of my life. This is not a perfect country. A lesser to talk real in his writings, democracy in America. But rather because it has always been able, he didn't say willing, always been able to repair its faults. Now, it's one thing to be able to repair a fault and it's something else to be willing to prepare a fault.

In kicking off the midterms, Joe Biden talked about American democracy as a shared value, enshrined in the country’s founding — a value that both Democrats and Republicans should join together in defending. But there is another possible view of this moment. One that is shared by two very different groups: the voters who propelled Biden to the presidency … and the conservative activists who are rejecting democracy altogether.

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